SHANMUGAM IAS ACADEMY

Thursday, January 2, 2014

India & Pakistan’s DGMOs meet at Wagah-Attari border

Director Generals Military
Operations (DGMO) of India and Pakistan took place on 24 December 2013 along
theWagah-Attariborder. The meeting was held to work
out a mechanism to ease tension between the two sides and to ensure peace at
the Line of Control (LoC).

Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia led the Indian side, whereas,
Major General Aamer Riaz headed the Pakistani side. A brigadier and three
lieutenant colonels also participated in the talks from both each side.

The DGMO-level
talks of the two nations have been held after 14 years. Last time the key army commaders of
India and Pakistan met in July 1999 after the Kargil war.

The
decision of holding the meet between India and Pakistan DGMOs was taken at political
level. The DGMOs of the two country discussed
major issues that pertains to tension
on the LoC. They also discussed issues on the working boundary with a focus to
maintain ceasefire and bring
normalcy. The two sides met, three months before the proposed meeting of Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to defuse
tensions. Initially Pakistan proposed to include the Foreign Ministry officials
in the meet of the military
officers, which was rejected by India.

In 1949, United Nations Military Observer Group in India and
Pakistan (UNMOGIP) was established. It was established under the resolution
passed by the world body’s council to supervise ceasefire along the LoC.